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Navarre Beach signage absent near new Pensacola bridge

Written by Staff Reporters on April 7, 2016. Posted in Community.

Although the planned new bridge across Pensacola Bay has a budget of more than $450 million, there aren’t any plans for signage that points the way to Navarre Beach from the revamped northwestern gateway to Santa Rosa County.

Young entrepreneurs’ score big chance

Written by Staff Reporters on April 7, 2016. Posted in Business.

Eleven local students demonstrated their business plans to a panel of judges representing some of the area’s leading businesses last Tuesday at the Pensacola Little Theater.

Springhill suites opening delayed

Written by Staff Reporters on April 7, 2016. Posted in Beach.

Completion of the $30 million SpringHill Suites on Navarre Beach has been delayed until sometime in the first quarter, perhaps as late as March, because of occasional rain and high winds that have slowed construction.

US judge OKs $20B settlement from 2010 BP oil spill

Written by Associated Press on April 7, 2016. Posted in News.

New Orleans — A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement regarding the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore spill in the nation’s history.

Waste disposal rates increase in Santa Rosa County

Written by Gail Acosta on April 7, 2016. Posted in News.

For the first time in 20 years, Santa Rosa County’s Central Landfill is raising rates beginning April 1. The rate for household waste will increase from $32 per ton, set in 1995 to $36 per ton. Rates for Class III waste which includes construction and demolition debris, carpet, furniture other than appliances, will increase to $32 per ton.

Holley Navarre Water rates increase 17.5 percent

Written by Gail Acosta on April 7, 2016. Posted in News.

At its March 28 board meeting, the Holley-Navarre Water System board of directors voted to raise water rates to customers by 17.5 percent. The vote came at a rescheduled meeting of the board with only one member of the public in attendance.

Cox sentenced to 25 years

Written by Staff Reporters on April 7, 2016. Posted in Crime, News.

The State Attorney’s Office of William Eddins for the First Judicial Court announced that Christopher Lee Cox was sentenced to 25 years in state prison with a 15-year minimum mandatory sentence and fined $250,000. Cox was convicted by a Santa Rosa County jury on March 9 for trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Man arrested for exposing himself

Written by Staff Reporters on April 7, 2016. Posted in Crime, News.

Neighbors called the police on a man who was seen out in front of his residence on Bay Club Drive wearing a woman’s bra, panties and pink bathrobe. On March 15, two neighbors both reported Mark Baringer for exposing himself while standing on his lawn. Baringer asked one of the neighbors if he was calling the police and then retreated into his house.

Warren ready to run one last time with Owls

Written by Brian Lester on March 31, 2016. Posted in Sports.

Jay Warren remembers when the late Ian Lockwood, a teammate of his at Navarre High School, told him he was either going to one day play for Florida or against the Gators.

Raiders put up good fight at district tourney

Written by Brian Lester on March 31, 2016. Posted in Sports.

Navarre’s tennis teams put up a good fight in the District 1-3A tournament earlier this week, with the girls placing third and the boys finishing fourth.